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"They have to do it. It will be done. If there's going to be a deal, it will be done." Secretary of State John Kerry on Iran coming clean about its past nuclear weapons work, PBS, April 8, 2015. One of the bedrock principles of the nuclear deal with Iran is that international inspectors are supposed to finally learn how far Iran advanced in building a nuclear bomb. They're supposed to verify Iran's account by interviewing scientists and inspecting sites to ensure that Iran is telling the whole truth. All that is supposed to happen before the U.S. and its allies lift economic sanctions. But now U.S. officials tell Congress that Iran probably won't come...

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